Studio You Should Know: North Shore Yoga
By Cari Barcas In our Timeline of Yoga in Chicago, we inadvertently omitted longtime…
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Flex your non-attachment muscles and experience new cultural traditions
Applying vairagya to a multicultural day in Chicago By Dalia Lerner Amongst us Chicagoans sharing…
The Householder Yogi: Steadying oneself in simple pleasures
“The lotus is a symbol of the life of a householder yogi, one who…
Love Art & Do Yoga
ILLUMINE will be featuring Jason Brammer’s art (pictured above) in the Winter 2014 issue….
Sanskrit: Practicing Kritajna this holiday season
By Jim Kulackoski Kritajna (कृतज्ञा) means gratitude. It is formed from the word krita…
Give Thanks AND Praise!
Add a little more to your word of “Thanks” and give a little praise…
Taking your practice beyond the basics: What comes next?
After you’ve been practicing for a while, what’s the next step? By Kyle Gati…
I don’t mean to pry, but what are you practicing?: Lean in and transform
Don’t judge a practice by its posture By Cathleen Margolin, Ph.D. “If you do…
Flash forward: How present habits determine future health
Designing for the elderly led one woman to become her own healer By Emily Pawlowski…
Using asana as a practice of creating and feeling love
How one man began to master his handstand, and his heart in the process…